cerebral hemorrhage
nounMedical Definition of cerebral hemorrhage
: bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain and especially in the cerebrum that is often life-threatening and is marked by sudden headache, nausea, impaired consciousness, and neurological dysfunction
A cerebral hemorrhage kills neurons and other brain cells at the site of the bleeding and threatens cells on the hemorrhage's periphery.— Nathan Seppa, Science News, 26 Feb. 2005
— called also intracerebral hemorrhage